Christ died once to sin (Romans chapter 6), justifying the demands of sin against us. Having died to sin and having brought an end to the old man, what we were in Adam, we are transferred as Christians to a new Lord, new Master, new Kingdom and a new genealogy in Jesus. This new life before God is a life in the sanctuary like David, at the altar like Abraham and in the congregation like Moses.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Systematic bible teaching from Romans
Unlike any other time, the finishes cross work of Jesus Christ has brought in a reign of life. In the days of Noah, Lot and Moses, the world, Sodom and Egypt were under the reign of death. God took out the world, the flesh and sin that His people may be truly free to enjoy life in all of it's fullness. This reign in life in Romans chapter 5 is only possible because of the person and work of Jesus Christ. Our salvation and His Kingdom is founded upon His Righteousness as a foundation for our salvation, His free grace to sinners, and the perfect consistent obedience of Christ in His life.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
In Adam's fall we sinned all.
Death as the product of sin is not purely explicable in terms of individual personal sin. Personally committed sins and personal guilt is insufficient to explain the death of the innocent, the unborn nor the death and loss of the infant. Personal individual sin was not the cause of death reigning from Adam to Moses. In the pre law period of Adam to Moses God condemned humanity generically by flood in the days of Noah, by fire and flame in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, by famine in the days of Joseph and in the death of the firstborn in the days of Pharoah and the Exodus. This reign of death was the consequence not only of imparted sin and death but also as the consequence of imputed guilt and condemnation. It is this imputation of guilt and condemnation by contamination or association with Adam that is the corollary to justification by faith in Jesus. If my relationship with Adam brings death, how much more would my relationship with Jesus bring me righteousness, life and imputed justification.
Romans chapter 5 verses 12 to 17
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Romans chapter 5 verse 12 holds the key to understanding justification by faith, the declaration or imputation of God's righteousness which comes the believer by faith alone. Such a bold claim in the gospel seems strange and hard to grasp and yet it is founded on one of the the most common experiences of human existance, that of death. Just as in receiving the nature of Adam we receive with this his death and his sin, so too in receiving Christ, in being in Christ we receive a new nature and with it life and righteosness. That old nature was condemned in Adam and thus remains condemned when we receive it. The new nature is justified in Christ and remains justified when we receive it! In Adams fall we sinned all.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Bible Teaching From Romans
Rejoicing in tribulations Romans chapter 5 verse 3. The secret of rejoicing in sufferings as a Christian, the consequences of justification by faith and peace with God.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Romans chapter 5 verse 2 brings us to the first consequence of God's great salvation in Jesus Christ. Propitiation brings us into the blessings of expiation, the removal of guilt and justification, the covering of the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Now enjoying peace with God, I have access in the name and with the authority of the eternal Son of God, Jesus Christ. This brings me into the powerful blessing of prayer, transforming Grief to Glory.
Abraham was not only a man of faith, Abraham was a great man if faith. In Romans chapter 4 he becomes the father of all the faithful, not only the patriach of a nation, Israel but the patriach of the faithful! In Abraham's journey of faith he grasped 3 great truths: Trusted in the the Promises of God Rested in the Power of God Looked for the Glory of God Abraham appreciated that God's plans and purposes for us are not for us to fulfill or make happen, but rather they are called into being by God. The provision of the promised land, the abundance for the beseiged city of Samaria in 2 Kings was not a prvision of our making or doing. As believers we are called into what God Himself has done and provided, resting in faith in the one who provides this great and abundant provision rather than in the provision itself. Romans chapter 4, Abraham the father of the faithful.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Romans is in essence Paul's answer to a number of serious questions. Is it fair that some are judged never having heard the gospel? The answer is found in Romans chapters 1 to 3. Is justification by faith a new teaching, a new idea from Paul? The answer is found in Romans chapter 4. How can I know I am saved if I do not feel like I am saved? Romans chapter 7 contains that answer. Here in Romans chapter 4 we have the answer to the question, why does God save by faith. The reason for salvation by faith alone is that it is the only means to rest in God's infinite Grace. Since salvation is all of Grace then salvation is for the Glory of God alone. Dr J Stewart Gillespie
The story of Abrahams journey from failure and the flesh to faith and justification is an inspiring one. Like many of our journeys, Abrahams began with failure! His world at times fell apart. It was faith in his God that moved Abraham forward into covenant blessing in Genesis 15. Justification by faith was his by resting in a finished work, already complete rather than attempting to keep the law and establish his own righteousness. Like Noah, Daniel and Job Abrahams righteousness was his by resting in the Lord.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Justification by faith alone in Jesus Christ, introduced in Romans chapter 3 brings with it blessing after blessing after blessings as we see in Romans chapter 4 verses 6 to 8. These riches eternal and blessings supernal are unfolded for us in the subsequent chapters in the book of Romans. We are enriched with the blessings of: peace with God (Romans 5); prayer and access to God (Romans 5); purpose in our trials and afflictions (Romans 5), the power to live the Christian life (Romans 6) and the indwelling presence of God's Holy Spirit.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Romans chapter 4 verse 1 and Genesis chapters 14 and 15 recount the life changing decision made by Abraham to find the fullness of joy, hope and satisfication by rejecting the world, letting go of all the things he could get and resting in God Himself. Beyond all that he found he could get in this world, what he really needed was God. It was Melchizedek, a type or picture of Jesus who prepared Abraham for that fateful encounter and empowered him to make the right decision when he encountered the king of Sodom, refusing the goods of Sodom and moving ultimately forward in faith, resting in his God. Abraham believed God and it was credited to him for righteousness. Abraham was amongst the very first to enjoy the blessing of justification by faith.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
Systematic teaching from Romans
Justification boy Faith is traced back to Abraham in Romans chapter 4. Abraham discovered that salvation was by Faith and not by the flesh. Justification by faith is the beginning of a life of faith leading on from salvation to sustained by God, sanctification and glorification and satisfaction with God.
